COMET: COMplementary pathways network
An interlocking system of legal channels for migration into Europe.
The starting point is the need for international protection – but COMET participants will be viewed through a wider lens in order to be matched to the programme and location best adapted to maximise their potential and eventual contribution to a host society.
COMET partners are seeking through experience and practice to develop a blueprint for Europe; tools and quality standards for matching, pre-departure orientation, reception and post-arrival support; to build capacity for host communities and to deliver 130 new European admission places for participants. Careful monitoring and reflection through dialogue, materials and structured exchange will enable COMET partners to build on lessons learnt and provide a basis for continued advocacy to expand legal migration.
COMET pathways will:
Facilitate enrolment in European universities and schools
Enable safe and legal family reunification
Support new and existing community sponsorship programmes
Expand humanitarian admission
COMET factsheet series kicks off
COMET partners are pleased to present the first in a series of fact sheets highlighting existing practices, successes and areas for further development, informed in part by direct experience within the COMET project. [...]
Save the date: Symposium on Education Pathways to the Netherlands
The symposium on 7-8 November 2024 will foster dialogue, discussion, coalition building and partnerships for all involved stakeholders. By bringing in experts, representatives of educational [...]
Prepatory round table: education pathways to the Netherlands
On the preparatory day of the Symposium on Education Pathways to the Netherlands, Justice & Peace explored together with universities and organisations working on inclusive education, the complexities of collaborating with educational institutions during the stakeholder round table. [...]
Implementing the pathways
Meeting with relevant Ministries at national level
Deliverables:
formal agreement/MoU in 6 countries
Interviewing, identifying and matching
Deliverables: personal files of potential participants, personal matching files
Visa procedure
Deliverables: Visa printed
Pre-departure orientation
Deliverables: pre-departure orientation attendance record, pre-departure modules
Common post-arrival orientation
Deliverables: 10 thematic meetings for beneficiaries x 4 times, 9 thematic meetings for host countries x 4 times
